Electromotor



July 15, 1930.

B. F. HUTCHES. JR 1,770,753

ELECTHOMOTOR Filed May 11, 192 3 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 O INVENTOR.

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ELECTROMOTOR Filed May 11, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet '4 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 15, 1930 BENJAMIN F. HUTCHES, J'IR. OF ALLENDALE, NEW JERSEY ELECTBOMOTOB Application filed May 11, 1923. Serial No. 638,162.

This invention relates to propulsion mechanism. More specifically it relates to propulsion mechanism of the type in which electromotive-force is applied to a motor and thereby translated into mechanical power.

One of the objectsof tllG lIlVi-blltlOIl is to provide a novel form of electric motor. Other objects are: to, provide an electric motor 0perable by either unidirectional or alternating 10 current; to provide a motor that is simple in construction, and easy to manufacture and repair, though efiicient in operation; to provide novel motor-speed controlling means; and to provide a constant speed propulsion means in the form ofa unit in which access may be had to the component parts with facility. Other objects and advantages will appearas the invention is hereinafter disclosed. While the invention may be applied to otheruses, 90 I have shown it applied as the propulsion mechanism of a phonograph or sound-reproducing machine, since it is admirably adapted to be so employed.

It may be stated, generally, that the arma- 95 ture or rotor coils are arranged with their axes parallel to the shaft of the rotor and also circumferentially with respect to said shaft. This enables me to equip the armature coils with arcuate pole pieces at the opposite ends of each armature coil, and also circumferentially arranged end to end with one another around the motor shaft as an axis to form a plurality of sets of axially spaced pole pieces. In other words, the pole pieces are circularly arranged around the periphery of the rotor.

Arranged parallel, or otherwise suitably arranged with respect to the armature coils, are field or stator coils provided with pole pieces at the opposite ends thereof and cooperating with the pole pieces of the armature or rotor. The pole pieces of the field or stator are substantially the same axial length as the pole pieces of the armature or rotor but of a width or length in. a circumferential direction substantially equal to the circumferential length of two poles of the armature coils. In other words. each. pole piece of the field overlaps at least two poles of the armature coil. The construction is such that each magnetic field (there are two in the present case) is a single interchangeable.

that speed after the regulator has been set ably influence the operation of the mechanism my invention consists in the provision of a unit and'that both fields are similar, that is, The arrangement is also such that the pole pieces on the armature do away with the dead spaces between successive coils. The magnetic circuits are in planes sul'wstantially longitudinal and the torqueis in planes substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor. All armature windings are similar and there is comparatively little loss in the motor due to hysteresis and eddy currents. j i

The motor frame consists of upper and lower members or plates rigidly but'detachably united to each other by means of suitable bolts, preferably 'so arranged that the field coils are located thereon. Therefore, in addition to acting as a binder for the upper and lower members, these bolts serve as spacers for spacing the magnetic field in proper relation to the rotor. 1

. Another of the more important features of this invention consists in the provision of an improved form of regulator for controlling the speed of the motor, and for maintaining and for varying this speed at will. The speed regulator is adapted to control various types of motors. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated however, improved mechanismfor regulating the speed of an electromotor for the operation and actuation of talking machine turn-table. is shown. The object of the improved regulator is to control the speed of an electromotor, regardless of variations in impressed voltage or the increase or the decrease of load, and to prevent undue acceleration of the motor sufiicient to unfavoror the 7 machine which the electromotor is drivin It is to be particularly noted that the speed regulator is equipped. with an interrupter cooperating with brake mechanism so constructed and arranged that as soon as the current is interrupted in the main circuit due to increase otspeed in the motor, a braking action wil.ltal e placeand'continue as long as the input on themotor is suflicient to maintain an open circuit at the contact breaker.

Another of the more important features of unitary auxiliary frame work adapted to be con rooted to the main frame of the motor uxiliary frame carries the entire reguag means with a result that the latter may readily removed from the motor proper to be repaired or replaced by the mere removal of two three screws.

is stated above. other ob ects advantages and features of construction will more fully aj ipear from the detailed description below taken connection with the accompanying drawings, in which *ig. 1 is atop pla view of the motor, illustrating the speed regulating arm;

F 2 is a top plan view, partly in section, with the cover plate removed;

l 3 is a vertical section taken onthe line of Fig. 2;

F 4; is a horizontal section taken on the line il of Fig. 8;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the motor with the speed regulator removed.

Fig. 6 illustrates the unitary arrangement of the speed i it is asembled on the motor.

Fig. 7 is a vertical. section of the rotor employed in connection with the motor;

S is a vertical section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 illustrates a detaileo view of a plurality of armature coils; and

Fig. 10 is wiring diagram of the motor.

Referring to tl e drawings in detail, the reference numeral 10 (see Fig. 3) designates base member or plate and the reference numeral 11 a corresponding top member or plate. The base member 10 is provided with a plurality of u nwar proiecting internallv srrew-threadcd construction r before .andards 12 in alignment with the perforated bosses 13 project ing downwardly from the top member 11. The ni'rml'rers 10 and 11 are rigidly secured to each other by any 521 table means, lt-ut I preferably employ the bolts 14, the lower ends or which are screw-threaded to engage "ith the upwardly projecting standards 12, and the upper ends of each of which are threaded to receive the nuts 15 and 16, the former of which abuts against the lower sides or" the downwardly projecting bosses 13, and the latter of which engage with correspondingly al gned bosses 17 projecting upwardly from the top member 11. It will therefore be seen that when a screw threaded engage ment is ellected between the upwardly pro jecting standards 12 and the bolts la the stator coils 35 and 36 are assembled thereon and the nuts 15 adjusted to hold said coils in fixed relation to the other parts of the machine. Thereatter the member 11 is assembled in position to rest upon the nuts 15 after which the nuts 16 are properly adjusted to secure the member 11 to said bolts.

The base member or plate 10 is provided with a journal and thrust bearing 18 to receive the lower end 19 of the rotor shaft. 20 and the upper member or plate 11 is provided with a bearing re re the upper end oi the shaft 20. The bearing 21 is carried in an elevated portion 22 of the top member 11. Fixed upon the motor shaft 20, preferably below the ele ated portion 22, is a noiseless worm gear which meshes with a worm 2i located upon the shaft 51 of a speedrcsponsive device or centrifugal governor which will be described in detail below.

Located upon the vertically arranged shaft 20 is a rotor comprising a tubular member of insul t na'cri (st-e -l and lined to the sh ably by means or a plur ity of set s This tubular member carries. segments and. i

ounted in turn upon the radiall proje tinor lla -l orming portions of t' is are u'ality oi helical armature cells or windin s 28 held parallel to ach other by means 01 a fibre disk 29. The radially proj ting portions of the commutator are provided with perforations W in alignment with corresponding perforations 31 in the fibre dis I 29. The armature coi i are mounted upon suitable cores of ma iiseic material the inner sides oi which are sl' 'om end to end and in icd L. the direction of the magnetic llux, as indicated at The field or stator windings are indie: ted at 35 and so. Eacn core is provided with pole pieces Ill and iii of magnetic material at the upper and lower ends thereof to cooperate with correspondingly shaped pole pieces 35 and and 3-3 and 36" of mag ic material projecting radially inw: d from the iield magnets and 36. Passing through the perforations 30 and previously described, and through the cores of the armature coils are bolts 37 for commutator segments 2?, disk 29 and pole. t and 34 rigidly with one another to constitute the rotor. The fibre disk 29 held againstlateral movement preferably by means of a spider comprising arms 29 secured to said disk and an annular ring 20 l i the outer e riphery of ...i L;

Suitably sec e lo er bearing member 18 is a brush holder yoke or member 38 of insulating material (see Fig. 4) serving as a support for the brush holders 39 and 40 pivotally or otherwise movably mounted thereon. These brush holders are held normany in engagement with the commutator segments 27 by means of the resilient members or biasing spri 13;. ll and 42 respectively. These resilient members all and 42, as ill more fully hereinafter appear. serve also as electric conductors for the current employed in driving the motor.

For simplicity of construction, the field magnets 35 and 36 are preferably arranged upon the bolts let employed for rigidly conconnection with the contact 66.

necting the members 10 and 11 to each other. If desired, however,they may be located independentof said bolts 14. The field magnets 35 and 36 are located 180 electrical degrees apart, in the present case 180 actual degrees, i; e. on opposite sides of the rotor for reasons which will be clearly understood.

Located upon the top member or plate 11 is a frame 50 employed for carrying the governor mechanism; The governor shaft 51 is supported at one end by an adjustable cone hearing 52 and at its other end with an ad justable cone bearing 53. This enablesthe governor shaft to be adjusted longitudinally at will. Upon the governor shaft is fixed a suitable collar 54 to which one of the ends of each of the resilient members 55 is secured. These resilient members are adapted to carry the centrifugal masses or fly weights 56. The other ends of the resilient members 55 are secured to a correspondingly shaped member 57 equipped on one side with a sleeve or collar 58 and upon the other side of which is secured a governor disk 59. The members 57, 58 and 59 are slidably mounted upon the governor shaft 51 for controlling the speed of the motor, as will presently appear.

Projecting upwardly from the framework 50 is a post 60 equipped with an internal screw thread to receive the screw threads of the bolt 61. Sl'idably mounted upon the post 60 and held thereon by the bolt 61 is an arm 62 having a longitudinal slot 63 through which the bolt 61 passes and also having an angular extension 64. An insulated U-shaped block 65 is located below and supported by the angular extension of the arm 62. The block 65 carries an adjustable contact 66 and an adjustable stop 67 against the former of which the current interrupting member 68 normally contacts and againstthe latter of which the spring member 69 constantly engages. Fixed to the block 65 is a rigid conducting member or strip 70 for electrical The arm 62 is slotted, as indicated at 63, not only to receive the bolt 61 but to enable a substantial longitudinal movement of said arm for con trolling the speed of the motor. The spring member 69 is suitably connected to the movable contact member 68, and has for its function to bias the conducting member 68 into engagement with the contact 66. The conducting member 68 is pivotally connected at 71 to the arms of a suitable bracket 72. This bracket 7'2 is in turn mounted upon a post 73 projecting upwardly from the framework 50. The bracket 72, however, is insulated from said post 73. From the contact 66 the current flows to the conducting arm 68 and suitably connected to the bracket 72 is a member 7 4 for conducting the current from the arm 68 to the field coils 36 which will be more fully explained below. The conducting arm 68 is equipped with a laterally projecting stud or brake shoe 75 adapted to be engaged by the governor disk when the motor attains a certain predetermined speed, the result of which is that the rotor is braked and the contact 66 is momentarily broken thus preventing any further increase in the speed of the motor. As a matter of fact, in normal operation, there occurs a more or less rapid succession of interruptions be tween the contacts 66 and 68 of the circuit controller, thus enabling the motor to run at a constant speed. In the absence of such provisions, any variations in the load put upon the motor wouidresult in corresponding variations in the speed thereof. It will also be apparent that upon the longitudinal adjustment of the arm 62 and in consequence, a corresponding adjustment of the position of the contact 66 with respect to the governor, the speed of the motor may be increased or decreased at will, and that after said adjustment has been made the motor will run at a constant speed.

The current enters the motor through the main conducting wire 76, which is attached at 77 to the rigid conducting strip 70. The current then liows as previously described,

through the contact 66, current interrupter 68, bracket 72, and arm 74' to the arm 77 mounted upon but insulated from the pole shoe 35 of the field coils 35. From this arm 77 the current conducted by the wires 78 and 79 to the coilsof the field magnets 35. The current leaves the coils by the wires 80 and 81 leading to a member 82 attached to the lower pole shoe 35 of the said field coils. From the member 82 the current is conducted by means of the spring wire $1 to the. brush holder- 39 of the motor. From the brush holder 39 the current of course passes through the armature coils leaving the latter by way of the brush holder .20 and spring xvii-e42 where it connects to a conducting member 3 lead ng to the pole shoe 36 of the field coils 36 located on opposite side of the motor from the field coils previously described. The current flows from the member 83 to the wires 84 and 85, the same being the leading wires to the field magnets 36. The current leaves the said field magnets by the wires 87 and 88 which connect with a conducting post 89 mounted upon but insulated from the upper pole shoe .36 of the field magnets 36 just described and from the post 89 the current is conducted to the main wire 90 back to the source of supply.

Vhen the circuit is broken at the contact 66, the current passes through a resistance 91 shunted across said contact, said resistance being electrically connected at 92 to the conducting strip 70 by means of the wire 93, and electrically coi'mected at 94 to the conducting member 7 4 by means of the wire 95. The arm 68 and spring 69 not only serve as an interrupter for the current whenever the motor I an atta ns a predetermined speed but by virtue of the stop 67 and projection of brake shoe 75 they act as brake. The arrangement of the arm 68, projection 4'5 and governor disk 59 is such that a slight movement of the projection T5 ill give an increased throw to the outer end of the arm at the point where it engages with the contact The. braking act-ion continues long as the speed of the motor is sutlicientto maintain the contacts 66 and (38 separated.

The upper member or plate 11 of the motor is equipped wi i a suitable cover plate 96l1aving a perforati n 97 therein adapted to r ceirc a sleeve 98 the lower end of which provided with a .aterallf; extending arm 99 havinga. pin 10) normally engaging a perioiu-m in l'oi arm 62. The arm 99 is fixed to rotate wi' l'i the sleeve 98. The upper end of the sleeve 9 provided with a lateri' flange 102 and heie ate 99 a second arin 193 hai ing a tricti l engagement with the sleeve 98. To ine i 10 detachahhf ting; member 194 connected a suitable oper w therefore he apparent "mat when the arm 104-. is actuated i tion the arm 99 will he moved a) or the sleeve 98 as a center end thereo impart a suhstti tially longitudinal lnoveaient to the arm 62 has control or reo'ulate the speed of the ator 105 being cma so to i te said szeed The upper 1e sh. 29 is s 1OW11 constructed to r of suostai e ;r 0 iane passot rotatlon of the rotor m i a I A o nil-cs or contact i ilane of connnutation. W 10, tee inner ends of e. the Gift the said toe pole with The junctions between adjacent pairs of coils are each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the segments 27 of the commutator. These rotor connections are conveniently eti'ected by soldering or otherwise suitably connecting, one end of each coil 28 and the opposite end of an adjacent coil to the end (op iios te the commutator) of a corresponding a jacent one ofthe bolts 37. The latter then serve to form the electrical con nections or taps between the coil unctions one commutator segments.

It will now be appreciai'z that if the brushes are in position on the c nn'mitator and an E. M. F. impressed a the brushes. those of the upper rotor .7 ieces which i on one si 0 he plat lall he of ne 11111;,{1'101 the sai upper rotor pol.v

on the opposite sid of the SFYIDG polarity )ut opposite to that o;

-. .icr upper Each of the lower rotor s wri he of opposi to magnetic polar- 1 respet to its corrceprm, (im ahore) upper pole piece The 1nd are so electricall :onnecited o e Y is of etic polarity with re ect to 'ator pole piece. in other ier stator po e piece is ot the ilaritv as the lower le ed 180 electrical 1 1S0 actual de r. 1 tie direction. 7 acia rotor pole piece stator pole p ece 4- 1, other it a oof opposite 7 'larity with respect to the latter. each rotor pole piece as it receding a stator piece is 0t e latter. T

some polarity as hus a continuous torque is exi een stator and rotor which otation the latter. So long, as the s the rotor below a predctcrniined amount the contacts (3tl(iS are closed and the re i: once 91 short-i'jircuited. l-lowevcr when the speed of the rotor exceeds the said prcdet iinined amount the contacts 66-68 ion and hereby reduce the flon oi? current i "lowin down.

as a means i in tor circuit c l'Qb-xiiitltlCQ to no at the contacts cts tlfi -tiS ion maintained tivcl; little The resista i'cr cducin speed of the motor i. .t with comp loo moved as a unit from the upper plate 11, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, for repair or replacement. For the sake of simplicity of construction and for convenience in assembling the motor unit the bolts 14 employed for securing the members 10 and 11 to each other, pass through the stator coils 35 and 36 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. At the right hand side of this figure, I have also illustrated an additional bolt to the same end but that is not necessary. The nuts 15 are employed to hold the stator coils in proper position. To remove the member or plate 11 it is only necessary to remove the nuts 16. If it is desired to obtain access to the motor it is only necessary to remove the cover plate 96 and top plate 11 without necessarily removing the speed regulating means from the plate 11. The stator elements and coils may then be readily removed and also the rotor. Any of the rotor coils or elements may be removed and replaced, without removing the other coils, by severing the electrical connection between the particular coil and its bolt 37 and then removing the bolt.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiments thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus disclosed is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means within the scope of the appended claims. The specific form of mo-" tor herein illustrated and described is series wound and this I do only because I prefer to employ such a winding in operating the turntable ofa phonograph. It will be readily apparent however that for many uses or for various reasons it would be desirable to employ shunt or compound windings. Hence, I do not limit the invention to a series wound motor. Also, while it is designed to use the various features and elements in the combinations and relations described, some of these may be altered and others omitted without interfering with the more general results outlined, and the invention extends to such use within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A rotor for electric motors comprising in combination, a commutator, a plurality of helical windings supported by said commutator and each having its axis spaced from and substantially parallel to the axes of the others of said windings and the axis of rotation of said rotor, and electrical connections between said commutator and windings.

2. A rotor for an electric motor comprising in combination, a commutator having a radially extending flange portion, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced solenoid cores supported by said flange portion and each having its axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor.

A rotor for an electric motor comprising in coml'iination, an end plate, a plurality of circumferentially arranged helical windin gs, each having its axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor, magneticcore members for each of said windings, removable magnetic pole pieces at each end of the core mzrmbers' extending over a portion of the winding, and means for securing nally slotted cylinders, and means for securing each of said windings independently to said end plate comprising amember passing through said core and said end plate.

5. An electric motorcomprising in combination, a rotor including a commutator having a radially extending flange portion, a, plurality of circumfercntially spaced solenoid cores supported by said flange portion and each having its axis substantially paral lel to the axis of rotation of the-rotor, and means comprisinga stator for impressing a magnetic torque on said rotor.

6. An electric motor comprising in combination, a. rotor having a plurality of sets of removable pole pieces, the pole pieces of one set being substantially equidistantly spaced from the axis of rotation of the rotor, and the pole, pieces ofa second set being sub,- stantially equidistantly spaced from the axis of rotation of the rotor and at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of rotation of the rotor as the corresponding radial distance of said first set, said second set being. spaced from said first set in the direction of the axis of rotation of the rotor and removable magnetic core members connecting pole pieces of said sets; and stator elements for completing paths of magnetic flux from one of said sets of pole pieces to another set.

7. An electric motor comprising in combination, a rotor having a shaft, spaced plates in which opposite ends of the shaft of the rotor are journaled, aplurality of rods connecting said plates, a plurality of stator windings each surrounding a corresponding one of said rods, motor-speed-controlling devices mounted on one of said plateson the side thereof opposite the rotor, and connections between said rotor and controlling devices.

8. A rotor for an electric motor comprising ashatt, an insulating sleeve member surrounding said shaft, a commutator mounted on said sleeve and having its segments radially extended to form an end plate member, an annulus secured to the shaft and a plurality of coils mounted between said annulus and said end plate member.

9. A rotor for an electric motor comprising" a shaf an insulating; sleeve member surrounding said shaft. 2: commutator mounted on said leeve and having its segments radially I 'l d to form an end plate member. an annulus secured to the shaft, and a plurality of coil members. each comprising:

' a core of magnetic material. and

a wind a pair or pole pieces mounted between said annulus and said end plate member.

10. A r. .or tor an electric motor comprising a shaft, an insula ing: SlGGYB member surrounding said shaft, a commutator mounted on said did having its segments ra diallv ex ed to form an end plate member. an annulus secured to the shaft, and a plura 'tv oi. coil members each comprising a winding. a core of magnetic materiah and a pair of pole pieces mounted between said annulus and said end plate member, and a securing member for each coil member passing? through said annulus. core and end plate member.

11. An electric motor comprising in combination. a rotor having a plurality of circumterentially arranged removable magnetic core members and positioned parallel to the axis of the rotor. pole pieces at each end of each core memb r, a coil upon each core mem her to carrv an electric current, said pole pieces extending parallel to and over the coil. a stator having; a plurality of angularly spaced pole members to attract the rotor magnets and rotate it, and a commutator rotatable with said rotor for controlling the polarity of said rotor pole pieces.

An electric motor comprising in combina ion, a rotor having a. plurality of cir- .enti ally arranged removable magnetic core members and pos'sioned parallel to the axis of the rotor, pole pieces at each end of each core member, a coil upon each core member to carry an electric current, said pole piec s extenoing parallel to and over the coil. a. stator having plurality of angularlY spa ccd pol members to attract the rotor madnets and rotate it. said stator pole member consistiug of core members carrying a coil and ha n1 pole pieces at each end extendthe coil, and a commutator rotatsaid rotor for controlling the posaid rotor pole pieces.

. :1 electric motor comprising in comhinat a, a ro or having a plurality of circumfereatially arranged removable magnetic core members and positioned parallel to the axis of the rotor. pole pieces at each end 01" each core member. a coil upon each core member to carry an electric current, said pole pieces extending parallel to and over the coil a stator having a plurality of angularly spaced pole members to attract the rotor magnets and rotate it, and a commutator rotatable with said core members carrying a coil and having separate pole pieces at each end extending over the coil, and a commutator rotatable with said rotor for controlling the polarity of said rotor pole pieces.

ll. A rotor for an electric motor comprising in combination. an end plate, a plurality of circumfereutially arranged helical \i'indings each having its axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor. magnetic pole pieces for each winding and at the ends thereof. said pole pieces projecting towards each other and extending over a portion of the winding, and means for securing said windings to the end plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April, 1923.

BENJAMIN F. HUTCHES. JR.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,770,753. Granted July 15, 1930, to

BENJAMIN F. HU'ICHES, JR.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 2, for the word "of" second occurrence read or, and line 92, after "that" insert each; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of October, A. D. 1930.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,770,753. Granted July 15, 1930, to

BENJAMIN F. HUTCHES, JR.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 2, for the wore "of" second occurrence read or, and line 92, after "that" insert each; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of October, A. D. 1930.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

